Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904

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The members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 19th parliament of New South Wales from 1901 to 1904 were elected at the 1901 state election on 3 July 1901. [1] [2] The Speaker was William McCourt. [3]

NameParty Electorate Term in office
William Affleck   Liberal Reform Yass 1894–1904
Edward Allen 11   Liberal Reform Illawarra 1904
George Anderson   Liberal Reform Waterloo 1894–1904
William Archer   Independent Burwood 1898–1904
James Ashton   Liberal Reform Goulburn 1894–1907
John Barnes   Progressive Gundagai 1889–1904
Walter Bennett   Progressive Durham 1898–1907, 1917–1934
George Briner   Progressive Raleigh 1901–1920
Ernest Broughton   Progressive Sydney-King 1901–1910
James Brunker   Liberal Reform East Maitland 1880–1904
George Burgess   Labour Young 1901–1917
Frank Byrne   Independent Hay 1898–1904
Alexander Campbell   Progressive Kiama 1894–1904
Archibald Campbell 11   Liberal Reform Illawarra 1891–1903
John Cann   Labour Broken Hill 1891–1916
James Carroll   Progressive The Lachlan 1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers   Liberal Reform St George 1887–1908
Albert Chapman   Progressive Braidwood 1901–1904
Matthew Charlton 8   Labour Waratah 1903–1910
Patrick Clara 1   Labour Condoublin 1901–1904
Edward Clark   Liberal Reform St Leonards 1891–1904, 1907–1910
Henry Clarke   Progressive Bega 1869–1894, 1895–1904
John Cohen   Liberal Reform Petersham 1898–1919
John Coleman   Independent Liberal Lismore 1901–1905
Albert Collins   Liberal Reform Narrabri 1901–1910
Paddy Crick   Progressive West Macquarie 1889–1906
John Dacey   Labour Botany 1895–1912
William Daley   Labour Sydney-Gipps 1901–1907
Robert Davidson   Liberal Reform The Hastings and The Macleay 1901–1910
William Davis   Progressive Bourke 1889–1891, 1898–1904
William Dick   Liberal Reform Newcastle East 1894–1907
Charles Dight   Progressive Singleton 1898–1904
Robert Donaldson   Progressive Tumut 1898–1913
Alfred Edden   Labour Kahibah 1891–1920
John Estell   Labour Wallsend 1901–1913, 1917–1922
Joseph Evans   Independent Progressive Deniliquin 1901–1904
James Fallick   Independent Liberal Newtown-St Peters 1901–1920
Frank Farnell 12   Independent Liberal Ryde 1887–1903
John Fegan   Progressive Wickham 1891–1907, 1920–1922
William Ferguson   Independent Labour Sturt 1894–1904
John Fitzpatrick   Liberal Reform Rylstone 1895–1904, 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick   Progressive The Murrumbidgee 1894–1904
William Fleming   Liberal Reform Robertson 1901–1910
John Garland 5   Liberal Reform Tamworth 1898–1901, 1903–1904
Eden George   Progressive Sydney-Belmore 1901–1907
Owen Gilbert   Liberal Reform Newcastle West 1901–1904, 1907–1910
John Gillies   Independent West Maitland 1891–1911
James Gormly   Progressive Wagga Wagga 1885–1904
Arthur Griffith 8   Labour Waratah 1894–1903, 1904–1920
Thomas Griffith   Independent Albury 1898–1904
Brinsley Hall   Progressive The Hawkesbury 1901–1917
David Hall   Labour Gunnedah 1901–1904, 1913–1920
John Hawthorne   Liberal Reform Leichhardt 1885–1891, 1894–1904
James Hayes   Progressive The Murray 1885–1904
John Haynes   Liberal Reform Wellington 1887–1904, 1915–1917
James Hogue   Liberal Reform The Glebe 1894–1895, 1998-1910
Robert Hollis   Labour Newtown-Erskine 1901–1917
William Holman   Labour Grenfell 1898–1920
George Howarth 6   Liberal Reform Willoughby 1895–1903
John Hurley   Independent Hartley 1872–1874 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907
William Hurley   Progressive The Macquarie 1895–1904
Thomas Jessep   Liberal Reform Waverley 1896–1907
George Jones 3   Labour Inverell 1902–1913
Sydney Kearney 9   Liberal Reform Armidale 1903–1907
Andrew Kelly   Labour Sydney-Denison 1891–1894, 1901–1913
John Kidd   Progressive Camden 1880–1882, 1885–1887, 1889–1904
William Latimer   Liberal Reform Woollahra 1901–1920
Sydney Law 4   Labour / Independent Labour Balmain South 1894–1907
Charles Lee   Liberal Reform Tenterfield 1884–1920
Robert Levien   Progressive Quirindi 1880–1889, 1889–1913
Daniel Levy   Liberal Reform Sydney-Fitzroy 1901–1937
Edmund Lonsdale 9   Liberal Reform Armidale 1901–1903
Hugh Macdonald   Labour The Castlereagh 1901–1906
Donald Macdonell   Labour Cobar 1901–1911
Thomas Mackenzie   Liberal Reform Canterbury 1901–1907
Michael MacMahon   Progressive Uralla-Walcha 1900–1904
William Mahony   Liberal Reform Annandale 1894–1910
William McCourt   Liberal Reform Bowral 1882–1885, 1887–1913
Richard McCoy   Liberal Reform Marrickville 1901–1910
John McFarlane   Progressive The Clarence 1887–1915
James McGowen   Labour Redfern 1891–1917
William McIntyre 3   Progressive Inverell 1901–1902
Gordon McLaurin   Progressive The Hume 1901–1913
John McNeill 2   Labour Sydney-Pyrmont 1902–1913
Richard Meagher   Independent The Tweed 1895, 1898–1904, 1907–1917
William Millard   Liberal Reform Moruya 1894–1920, 1920–1921
Gus Miller   Labour Monaro 1889–1918
Samuel Moore   Liberal Reform Bingara 1885–1910
Mark Morton   Liberal Reform The Shoalhaven 1901–1920, 1922–1938
Tom Moxham   Liberal Reform Parramatta 1901–1916
Arthur Nelson   Progressive Sydney-Flinders 1895–1904
Harry Newman   Liberal Reform Orange 1891–1904
John Nicholson   Independent Labour Woronora 1891–1917
Niels Nielsen   Labour Boorowa 1899–1913
John Nobbs   Liberal Reform Granville 1888–1993, 1898–1913
John Norton   Independent Northumberland 1898–1906, 1907–1910
Charles Oakes   Liberal Reform Paddington 1901–1910, 1917–1925
Daniel O'Connor   Progressive Sydney-Phillip 1877–1891, 1900–1904
Broughton O'Conor   Independent Sherbrooke 1898–1907
Edward O'Sullivan   Progressive Queanbeyan 1885–1910
John Perry   Progressive Ballina 1889–1920
Simeon Phillips   Liberal Reform Dubbo 1895–1904
John Power   Labour Sydney-Lang 1901–1904
Richard Price   Independent Gloucester 1894–1904, 1907–1922
Robert Pyers   Progressive The Richmond 1894–1904
Patrick Quinn   Progressive Sydney-Bligh 1898–1904
Ellison Quirk   Independent Warringah 1901–1904
Joseph Reymond   Progressive Ashburnham 1895–1904
Edwin Richards   Progressive Mudgee 1894–1904
Thomas Rose   Progressive Argyle 1891–1904
Andrew Ross   Progressive Molong 1880–1904
Robert Scobie   Labour Wentworth 1901–1917
Sir John See   Progressive Grafton 1880–1904
Richard Sleath   Independent Labour Wilcannia 1894–1904
James Smith   Independent Progressive Newtown-Camperdown 1885–1887, 1901–1907
Samuel Smith 2   Labour Sydney-Pyrmont 1898–1902
Thomas Smith   Progressive The Nepean 1877–1887, 1895–1898, 1901–1904
Percy Stirton 10   Liberal Reform Moree 1903–1904
David Storey   Liberal Reform Randwick 1894–1920
John Storey   Labour Balmain North 1901–1904, 1907–1921
Phillip Sullivan   Labour Darlington 1901–1907
Edward Terry 12   Independent Liberal Ryde 1898–1901, 1904
Follett Thomas 7   Independent Liberal Glen Innes 1903–1920
John Thomson   Progressive Manning 1901–1904
Thomas Waddell   Progressive Cowra 1897–1917
Charles Wade 6   Liberal Reform Willoughby 1903–1917
Raymond Walsh 5   Independent/Progressive Tamworth 1901–1903
William Webster 10   Labour Moree 1901–1903
Samuel Whiddon   Liberal Reform Sydney-Cook 1894–1904
William Williams   Independent Labour Alma 1901–1904
William Willis   Progressive The Barwon 1889–1904
Frederick Winchcombe   Liberal Reform Ashfield 1900–1905
William Wood   Independent Eden-Bombala 1894–1913
Francis Wright 7   Progressive Glen Innes 1882–1885, 1889–1903
William Young   Progressive Bathurst 1900–1907

By-elections

Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed. [4]

# Electorate Departing MemberPartyReason for By-electionDate of By-electionWinner of By-electionParty
1 Condoublin Patrick Clara   Labour Election overturned on appeal4 November 1901 Patrick Clara   Labour
2 Sydney-Pyrmont Samuel Smith   Labour Appointment to Arbitration Court24 May 1902 John McNeill   Labour
3 Inverell William McIntyre   Progressive Death31 May 1902 George Jones   Labour
4 Balmain South Sydney Law   Labour Refused Caucus solidarity pledge6 December 1902 Sydney Law   Independent Labour
5 Tamworth Raymond Walsh   Progressive Bankruptcy4 April 1903 John Garland   Liberal Reform
6 Willoughby George Howarth   Liberal Reform Bankruptcy9 September 1903 Charles Wade   Liberal Reform
7 Glen Innes Francis Wright   Progressive Death28 October 1903 Follett Thomas   Liberal Reform
8 Waratah Arthur Griffith   Labour Unsuccessful candidate for Senate at federal election 5 December 1903 Matthew Charlton   Labour
9 Armidale Edmund Lonsdale   Liberal Reform Successful candidate for New England at federal election 12 December 1903 Sydney Kearney   Liberal Reform
10 Moree William Webster   Labour Successful candidate for Gwydir at federal election 12 December 1903 Percy Stirton   Liberal Reform
11 Illawarra Archibald Campbell   Liberal Reform Death9 January 1904 Edward Allen   Liberal Reform
12 Ryde Frank Farnell   Independent Liberal Appointment to Fisheries Board23 January 1904 Edward Terry   Independent Liberal

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